The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11


from Jacksonville TO Orlando, to continue
all winter.
The County Commissioners of Osceoln,
at their session on Monday, rescinded their
order for an election for permanent county
seat. which was to be held Dec Z. This
action was taken in consequence OF some
doubt as to its legality, the order having
been made without a petition of the citizens.
States Attorney Wigg has just returned
TO PalatI1a from Ocala, where he attended
| term OF the Circuit Court of unusual length.
There We're thirty-three criminal cases
brought to trial, thirUy-one sentences, two
mistrials and one acquttaL The longest
sentence was that of John Brown, burglar,
twentv-one years.
The weekly drill of the Orlando Fire De-
partment took place Tuesday w tn Assistant
Chief Richards in command. Mechanics
| Hose Company made the distance from the
Central House to thu Methodist church. at
tached the hose and threw water in one
minute and tifty-two seconds. Each sue
ceeding drill shows "A marked Improvement
on the part of oil concerned.
At Palatka, Wednesday, a mass meeting
| of the fruit and vegetable growers OF Put
nam county was held in the rooms of the
Board of Trade, under the auspices of the
| Florida Orange Auction Company. 1t was
! largely attended by the representative men
counties. A special train was run by the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Rail
way for the accommodation of the people,
who came i'll such numbers as to overcrowd
the hall a county organization was eff
| fected
At Ocala Wednesday the Marion County
Commissioners have appropriated $4,000 for
Marion's exhibit at the Sub-TropicaL The
| OcaIa Board of Trade supplemented it with
5000 An enthusiastic and unanimous
meeting was held i'll the court house Tues
day night. Stirring speeches were delivered
by f. f. Harris, Robert Bullock, Barker,
Dunn, G. l.. Bittinger, George Wilson and
Dixon Green, of Lochbie; Payne Fleming
ton, Tom Richards, of Gambler. and Myron
Gilett, of South Lake Weir. Hon. Henry
w. Long was appointed county solicitor.
At Warrington immense quantities of fish
called sheeps-head are caught off the coal
wharf in the navy yard. They average
about Il foot in length four inches in
breadth, and an inch and half in thickness
They have white and black stripes running
across their bodies. 1t is supposed the cop.
pered posts have tendency to draw them
and perhaps the coal also has something to
do with attracting them, as they are not
near as numerous at the other wharveS. 1t
is very seldom that they are caught in cold
weather. The wharf is lined with boys
from daylight until dark They sell readi-
ly for PIC. piece, and in this way the
boys are always supplied with pocket
money.
A discharged marine from the barracks
at Warrington cheated Charles Mckenzie
Oertlng out of a considerable sum of money
several days ago. 1t was in this way: With
discharge a marine receives a due bill
stating how much money is due him for
clothing, how much retained pay, etc., is
due him. This fellow, Wyer, had one, of
course, and all that was due him was S175,
which he received and receipted for. The
marine having run through all his money
in Pensacola, went to Mr.. Oerting, whom
ne knew, and represented the due bill to be
worth $175, and offered it for half, which,
it is said, Mr.. Oerting took. OF course,
the marine did not stay long in Pensacola
after that, but left for the North.
The following is a synopsis of the annual
report of Superintendent of Schools j. 7.
Beeks, of Orange county, to Hon. A. j.
Russell, State Superintendent, for the year
ending Sept. 80, 1887: Whole number of
schools 100, number of white schools "a,
number of colored schools Is, total enroll
ment including both races S,9S3, average
attendance including all colors 1854, num-
her of white children enrolled 1914, num-
Der of colored children enrolled $50, total
number of teachers employed 12S, total
number of white teachers employed ITO,
total number of colored teachers employed
IS, total amount paid teachers $35, - s.
5000 IS of above amount was paid to col
ored teachers, assessed value of property
personal and reaD S6,0S6,973, number of
mills levied for school purposes 4, amount of
school tax raised for the year 50, 347 80,
amount received from common school fund
$500, amount received from State l-nill
tax 81, III &c, value Of school buildings and
grounds $44, 100, value Of school furniture
nd
tendent 81 600, amount paid Board of Pub
lie Instruction Sl97 so, Incidental expenses
1924 ~.
A Mr. Williams who is emigrating from
Henry county, Alabama, to Wakulla,
| county, in Florida, was camping near Chat
tahoochee Tuesday night with his family,
composed of his wife, two daughters and
three little sons. Near 10 o'clock when all
had retired save Mr.. Williams he was ac
| cOstcd by a burly negro who demanded his
money. and who about tine same time seized
! the campers gun which had been careleSsly
| left leaning against bush, and fired upon
Mr. Williams, iniiicting several painful
wounds in his leg and hand. The brute
| then demanded money of Mrs. Williams,
and upon being Informed that she had none.
remarked tat he would take one of the
| girls, and, suiting his action to his words
| seized one of the girls and male off through
| the woods with her. Subsequent inspection
| of the grounds show that he traversed cir
cult of 100 yards or more and halted at
point near the camp where he attempted to
| outrage her, and where several articles of
| her clothing were found From her fright
and screams she managed to resist him. In
the meantime Mr.. Williams had gathered
his AK and went to her rescue. The villain
| fed upon Mr. Williams approach, but
| warned him that he would kill him during
the night. Being thus warned, and
having recovered his gun, Mr.. Will
lians struck camp and was repair
| ing to the village, when he met party Of
| friendly colored men who had heard the
| firing of the guns and the screams of the
| young lady, and We're going to offer assist
ance, but the night being quite dark, and
they supposing that there might be other
shotguns in the vicinity, declined TO answer
Mr.. Williams challenge, and he, apprehend-
idg further trouble from his assailant, fired
into the group, inflicting a painful wound
| in Jim Wyman's breast and also in George
Smiths nose Fortunately the charge was
Of small shot, or Wyman would have been
killed. Williams would have been killed
had the villain who assaulted him taken
correct aim, as the charge, he received was
buckshot.
Paralyzing the Minnesota Greenhorns.
From he Minneapolis Journal
Some funny things happened at the ex-
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